The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Examine the impact of the horse on Great Plains culture through exhibits on ranching, rodeo, and the Native American way of life.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

This municipal park along the Missouri River honors the galley central to the Lewis & Clark Expedition with a replica ship and sculptures.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.